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ERN>01365873</ERN> D342 2 Annex A CF2 Doc No Description National policy C D366 7 1 63 1977 Book by DK 00842694 00842699 EN Describes the geographical and administrative system of E3 3544 Ministry of 00823074 00823076 FR DK explaining the existence of the state organization and Education entitled 00000287 00000292 KH division of zone region district commune and other local The Political collectivities Designates Phnom Penh as the capital and Geography of discusses the various state institutions how they are Democratic organized Lists the 19 provinces of Cambodia and the Kampuchea division into six zones 112 districts and 1 160 communes Relevance This document shows the strict hierarchical functioning of the DK regime It thereby strongly corroborates other evidence that the actions taken by the subordinates of Ao An were taken pursuant to his instructions and orders It also demonstrates that policies adopted by the DK regime were centrally planned and widespread C D366 7 1 298 18 April DK Media Report S 00010412 00010423 EN DK Report of the April 17 rally in Phnom Penh Khieu E3 1389 1978 entitled Phnom S 00741270 00741280 FR Samphan alias Haem s speech on the achievements of Penh Rally Marks S 00679973 00679988 KH CPK rule future plans anti Vietnamese policies and 17th April national construction efforts The document also includes Anniversary a summary of resolutions adopted at the meeting which Phnom Penh include the following 12 To subordinate resolutely all Domestic Service personal and family interests to the collective interests of the nation class people and revolution 3 To strive for the fulfilment of the 1978 rice production plan by attaining the 3 5 ton per hectare and 7 ton per hectare targets at all costs 6 To grasp firmly and implement well the plan to increase the size of the population to its maximum so as to have 15 20 000 000 people in the next 10 15 years 7 To grasp firmly and implement well the plans to maximize the size of the population within one year three years five years 10 years and 15 years ERN>01365874</ERN> D342 2 No C P CF2 Doc No Date Title ERN Description Relevance The imperative to meet agricultural goals at all costs corroborates and explains other evidence that forced labour was used on agriculture related projects as well as demonstrating that this was part of a widely shared plan Similarly the goal of increasing the population two or three fold within 10 to 15 years corroborates and explains evidence of forced marriage and forced consummation and that this was a widespread policy 3 C Video 23 February Statement of Videos These three excerpts from Khieu Samphan s interviews E152 1 47R 2012 Khieu Samphan V00753105 V00753105 deal primarily with Ta Mok s prominence in the CPK and E152 1 48R transcript and V00753106 V00753106 and DK regime and his importance to Pol Pot He gives three E152 1 49R video parts 47 V00753107 V00753107 reasons as to why Pol Pot trusted and depended on Ta 49 Mok i Ta Mok was the most active of the base cadres E3 4045R Transcripts ii Ta Mok was fiercely independent from Vietnam and E3 4046R English iii Ta Mok s Southwest Zone was most skilled with E3 4047R 00790538 00790539 weapons He says Ta Mok hated Sao Phim as he was close 00792907 00792908 and to the Vietnamese Ta Mok had a problem with killing too and 00788876 00788877 many people and killed those he was displeased with rather than trying to refashion them Transcripts French E152 1 47 1 00821105 00821106 Relelvance Ta Mok played a key role in the career of E152 1 48 1 00820969 00820970 and Ao An both during his time in the Southwest Zone and E152 1 49 1 00827971 00827972 following his deployment to the Central Zone Evidence about his position within the CPK is E3 4045 Khmer important for understanding the way in which Ao An E3 4046 00784359 00784360 was tasked with carrying out the policies of the DK E3 4047 00784361 00784362 and regime 00786551 00786552 4 C Videos 23 February Statement of Videos In these two excerpts of Khieu Samphan s interview he E152 1 50R 2012 Khieu Samphan V00753108 V00753108 and explains the inherently coercive nature of cooperatives and E152 1 51R transcript and V00753109 V00753109 states that coercion was inherent in the policy But in video parts 50 order to reach that goal there had to be coercion for a E3 4049R 51 Transcripts while coercion to join cooperatives because nobody E3 4050R English would voluntarily take part in cooperatives Even poor ERN>01365875</ERN> D342 2 CF2 Doc No Description 00789058 00789059 and peasants would not accept these high level cooperatives and 00789062 00789063 because there was no private harvest for themselves they would still be getting issued rice from others Therefore Transcripts French there had to be coercion first It was this coercion that E152 1 50 1 and 00789060 00789061 and would impact some innocent peasants Khieu Samphan E152 1 51 1 00822234 00822235 states that there was no goal to starve people E3 4049 Khmer Relevance These excerpts demonstrate the way in E3 4050 00780962 00780963 and which CPK policies were set out by the central 00786553 00786554 authorities thus showing them to be part of a common plan shared by many CPK cadres They also demonstrate that force and coercion were understood to be inherent in CPK policies and that that was intended and accepted by high level CPK leaders Case 002 02 Trial Transcripts El 259 1 9 11 Case 002 02 Trial El 259 1 Elizabeth Becker who covered Cambodia as a El 260 1 February Transcripts for 01065520 01065629 EN Washington Post correspondent before during and after El 261 1 2015 Elizabeth 01065393 01065519 FR the DK regime lived in Cambodia through late 1974 and BECKER 01065308 01065390 KH met with DK officials when they visited the United Nations during the DK period She also visited the country El 260 1 for two weeks in December 1978 along with Malcolm 01065789 01065909 EN Caldwell and Richard Dudman and describes how they 01065657 01065788 FR were allowed only to see what the authorities wanted them 01066110 01066198 KH to see but she managed to escape a few times to get another perspective She describes the interview that she El 261 1 and Dudman had of Pol Pot during that time and how leng 01067170 01067279 EN Sary told her that there were no prisons and that justice 01067280 01067403 FR was administered through the cooperatives or in a people s 01068369 01068451 KH court but she never saw any proof that such a court existed After the regime fell she interviewed leng Sary and leng Thirith at length which she testifies about Becker discusses the separation of families so that they focused on work and how people were divided into categories in the cooperatives receiving different ERN>01365876</ERN> D342 2 CF2 Doc No Description privileges based on their category She discusses the marriage policy that was explained to her by officials including needing permission to marry and the existence of conjugal visiting hours —certain days of the month that husbands and wives were allowed to meet She discusses that the policy was in theory to increase the population but in practice some of the regime s restrictions actually discouraged it Finally she discusses the political situation with the U S the conflict between DK and Vietnam and the targeting of the Cham Relevance A first hand account of the image that the DK regime was trying to project to the outside world and the reality that Becker saw when she looked under the surface including the responses of officials when she questioned what she was told The testimony supplements what is contained in her book and interviews see Dl 3 17 1 D6 1 970 and D6 1 851 and also provides additional detail regarding forced labour forced marriage and treatment of the Cham El 296 1 4 5 May Case 002 02 Trial El 296 1 The witness was a commune official in Tram Kak District El 297 1 2015 Transcripts for 01095518 01095623 EN until October 1978 when she worked in the district office KHOEM Boeun 01095624 01095746 FR She discusses forced labour and how when she was alias Yeay Boeun 01096406 01096490 KH commune chief she received reports from the villages which she forwarded to the upper level She also describes El 297 1 holding meetings for the village and commune chiefs 01095997 01096077 EN where they discussed problems thoroughly and forwarded 01096078 01096171 FR reports to the district She also arranged marriages 01097312 01097373 KH according to the policy from the upper level and discusses the process maintaining that it was not necessary to spy on the newlyweds because if they did not love each other they could choose not to consummate The witness discusses the regularity of district meetings and what topics were discussed She states that they were instructed on the need to re educate enemies and people who opposed Angkar and she regrets that families were ERN>01365877</ERN> D342 2 CF2 Doc No Description separated from each other She also acknowledges that there were food shortages and if people were caught stealing because they were hungry they might be detained and brought to the commune for re education and it was considered a minor offence but those who acted against the regime or stole dishes or cooking pots were serious offenders Relevance Testimony from the perspective of a commune official in Sector 13 She provides detail as to how New People were viewed by authorities and regarding the criteria used to arrange marriages during the regime This testimony supplements her WRI on Case 004 2 which is Dl 18 242 El 450 1 28 29 July Case 002 02 Trial El 450 1 Expert overview

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